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Name Details:
Named By: Robert E. Bell and Roland Hall
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1953
Type Site: Morris Site (Ck-39), Cherokee
County, Oklahoma
Morris
Cluster: Morris Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,100 - 700 B.P.
Mississippian
Medieval Warm
Caddoan Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
small side notch point with a flattened cross section. The blade
is primarily straight but may vary to slightly excurvate and
commonly has fine serrations. The shoulders are
primarily horizontal, but some examples have had shoulders that are slightly
barbed. Wide notches enter the
preform forming a stem is expanding with rounded basal
auricles (ears) giving a drooping ear appearance. The base has a U shaped notch approximately the same size
notch as the notches that enter the side of the preform. This
point is manufactured using find pressure flaking forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 20
to 40 mm (average 25 to 30 mm), Stem Length - 5 to 8 mm,
Blade Width - 8 to 14 mm, Neck Width - 6 to 8 mm, Basal
Width - 8 to 14 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in eastern Oklahoma
and throughout the Arkansas River valley. Rarely, this point has
been reported into Indiana.
Additional Comments:
The presents of serrations of the blade may distinguish this point from the related Sallisaw point. Other distinguishing characteristics is that the Sallisaw has a wide basal notch, narrow corner notch, and
long drooping pointed basal ears (Justice, 1987).
Point Validity: Valid Type
Bell was a professor of
Anthropology and Museum Curator in Oklahoma and did extensive work at the Spiro Mounds. He named this point in a professional publication and this point has many
professional references. This is a valid type.
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Age Details:
This point represents the Gibson aspect and early Fulton aspect.
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Bell and Hall, 1953
Stephen Turner
Jim Hart
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 37, 177
Morris Projectile Point, Morris Arrowhead
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